Feb 19 - It's All About The Soil!

Leviticus - Moses finishes with the Lord and takes all his instructions to the community and presents Aaron and his sons. Moses presents a bull for the sin offering a ram for the burn offering and another ram, which was the ram of ordination. All presented in the specific way God commanded with Aaron and his sons.

In Mark today Jesus gives one of my favorite parables:
"Listen! A farmer went out to plant some seed. As he scattered it across his his field, some of the seed fell on a footpath, and the birds came and ate it. Other seed fell on shallow soil with underlying rock. The seed sprouted quickly because the soil was shallow. But the plant soon wilted under the hot sun, and since it didn't have deep roots, it died. Other seed fell among thorns that grew up and choked out the tender plants so they produced no grain. Still other seeds fell on fertile soil, and they sprouted, grew, and produced a crop that was thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times as much as had been planted!"

He explains to his disciples:
"The farmer plants seed by taking God's word to others. The seed that fell on the footpath represents those who hear the message, only to have Satan come at once and take it away. The seed on the rocky soil represents those who hear the message and immediately receive it with joy. But since they don't have deep roots, they don't last long. They don't last long. They fall away as soon as they have problems or are persecuted for believing God's word. The seed that fell among the thorns represents others who hear God's word, but all to quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life, the lure of wealth, and the desire for other things, so no fruit is produced. And the seed that fell on good soil represents those who hear and accept God's word and produce a harvest of thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted!"

Are you a farmer taking God's word to others or a better question is are you like the footpath, rocky soil or thorns wishing to be more like the good soil? I think I've been all four at certain times in my walk with God. The good soil is the way to be....Well at least that's the way I see it:)